"South Park" spawned some reasonably successful games around the turn of the century -- "South Park" in 1998, "Chef's Luv Shack" in 1999, "South Park Rally" in 2000 -- but it hasn't gotten a proper console release in over a decade. Next year, that will all change. Matt Stone and Trey Parker are personally writing the script for a new game, due out next year.

"South Park: The Game" will be an RPG in which the player acts as a new kid in town, who struggles to fit in and make friends. Fans of the show can infer that this will be no easy task. Eventually, the player will be charged with the task of defending "South Park" against... Well, whatever satirical force they come up with. We'll just have to wait and see.